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  1. Welsh Weight Clinic - The Next Generation

    Following three patients at Wales's only weight management clinic.

    BBC One Wales

  2. To War

    Marking the centenary of the outbreak of WWI, Mark D'Arcy presents a documentary.

    BBC Parliament

  3. Great Welsh Diet Experiment: One Year On

    Tara Hammett checks on the people she put on her fitness boot camp a year ago.

    BBC One Wales

  4. Batter My Heart: Growing Up and Growing Old with John Donne

    Ed Docx discovers that John Donne can be a poet for life.

    BBC Radio 4

  5.

    The Birth of Love

    Dr Laura Ashe reveals how our ideas of romantic love were born in 12th-century literature.

    BBC Radio 4

  6.

    The Tories and the Police: The End of the Affair

    Robin Aitken examines the relationship between the Conservative Party and the police.

    BBC Radio 4

  7.

    A Family Without a Child

    The stories of three women in a touching exploration of what it means to be childless.

    BBC Radio 4

  8.

    Learning to Listen

    Dominic Sandbrook explores how the first generation of radio listeners learned to listen.

    BBC Radio 4

  9.

    The Voter's Voice

    James Naughtie hosts discussion about Scotland's future, from the Edinburgh Festival.

    BBC Radio 4

  10. Dannsa Gaidhealach - Dannsa Gallda/Scottish Country Dancing: Controlle

    Celebrating 90 years of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society.

    BBC ALBA

  11. Tulisa: The Price of Fame

    Updated documentary which follows the battle between singer Tulisa and The Fake Sheikh.

    BBC Three

  12. Liverpool's Giant War

    Sue Johnston tells the story of the WWI Liverpool Pals.

    BBC One

  13. Don't Mention the Referendum

    James Naughtie explores how the Scottish referendum is impacting on friends and family.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. The Girl in the Diary

    Geraint Talfan Davies reveals how his uncle witnessed the rise of Nazi Germany in the 30s.

    BBC One Wales

  15.

    Taking the Edge Off

    Francine Stock explores our use of mind-altering substances and Aldous Huxley's influence.

    BBC Radio 4

  16.

    Ansel Adams on Tape

    Miles Warde explores the life of American photographer Ansel Adams

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17.

    Langley School Music Project

    The story of a Canadian school music recording that inspired the film School of Rock.

    BBC Radio 4

  18.

    Still Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo?

    Allan Little returns to Sarajevo to explore the role of the arts in restoring the city.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Kate Adie's Women of World War One

    Kate Adie examines the impact of women's work during the First World War.

    BBC Two

  20. Scotland Votes: What's at Stake for the UK?

    Andrew Neil explores what an independent Scotland would mean for the rest of the UK.

    BBC Two

  21. The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill

    Exploring Kate Bush's career and music through the testimony of collaborators and fans.

    BBC Four

  22. The Sunshine Corner Coalfields

    Documentary recounting Kent's proud mining history and heritage.

    BBC One

  23. Mods and Rockers Rebooted

    A fresh look back at the seaside bank holiday clashes between mods and rockers in 1964.

    BBC One

  24. From Auschwitz with Love

    Recounting Welshman Ron Jones's wartime experience as a prisoner of war in Auschwitz.

    BBC One Wales

  25. Swastika over Wales?

    Charting the political climate that saw a Nazi flag fly over Cardiff City Hall in 1938.

    BBC One Wales

  26.

    Why Men Pay for Sex

    What motivates men to pay women to sleep with them? Four men tell Jo Fidgen why they do it

    BBC Radio 4

  27. In Memoriam: Conversations on a Bench

    Anna Scott-Brown hears tales of loss and hope, turned to poetry by Michael Symmons Roberts

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    Everything We Know Is Wrong

    Most published science papers are untrue, but few ever get tested. Jolyon Jenkins reports.

    BBC Radio 4

  29.

    Music of the Forest

    Horatio Clare tells the story of the unconventional anthropologist Colin Turnbull.

    BBC Radio 4

  30.

    Whatever Happened to Global Governance?

    Prof Ngaire Woods examines how international cooperation is evolving.

    BBC Radio 4

  31.

    Sandhurst and the Sheikhs

    How does training at Sandhurst Academy bolster militarised monarchies of the Arab world?

    BBC Radio 4

  32.

    Don't Go in the Water!

    Shark biologist Gareth Fraser explores Jaws, forty years after Peter Benchley created it.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. My Lost Son

    A mother's journey to piece together the last days of the son who died at Lockerbie.

    BBC One Scotland

  34. Britain's Compulsive Shoppers

    Documentary. Jasmine Harman investigates compulsive shopping.

    BBC One

  35. Match of the Day at 50

    Documentary charting the history of Match of the Day as it celebrates 50 years on the air.

    BBC One

  36. Blondie's New York... and the Making of Parallel Lines

    The story of Blondie's album Parallel Lines, which captured the spirit of 70s New York.

    BBC Four

  37. Annie's War: A Welsh Nurse on the Western Front

    Charting the life and career of WWI front line nurse Annie Brewer.

    BBC One Wales

  38.

    The Map That Made Manhattan

    Exploring the Manhattan grid as city matrix, psychic space and a bold political ideal.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39.

    The Lessons of Ray Honeyford

    Aasmah Mir on the outspoken head teacher who caused a national controversy.

    BBC Radio 4

  40.

    The Poet Librettists

    Michael Symmons Roberts explores why so many poets choose to become opera librettists.

    BBC Radio 4

  41.

    Painful Medicine

    Sally Marlow investigates the hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers.

    BBC Radio 4

  42.

    Mum and Dad and Mum

    Rebecca Morelle examines how children could be born with DNA from three people.

    BBC Radio 4

  43.

    A Theatre For Everyman

    As Liverpool's Everyman Theatre prepares to re-open, we hear from those who worked there.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44.

    Digitising Stalin

    For Stalin, privacy was key. So how would he feel about his secrets being revealed?

    BBC Radio 4

  45.

    The Life Sub-Aquatic

    Whatever happened to the dream of living under the sea? Helen Scales investigates

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46.

    Tupac Shakur, Hip Hop Immortal.....

    Poet and playwright Al Letson recalls the life of Tupac Shakur.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47.

    Casa Negra: The Real Casablanca

    Andrew Hussey on the cultural renaissance affecting Morocco's largest city.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48.

    The Mother of the Sea

    Quentin Cooper tells the story of a British scientist hailed as a god in Japan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49.

    Build and Be Damned

    The Victorians built grand ambitious railways, sewers and tunnels. Should we do the same?

    BBC Radio 4

  50. The Bridge: Fifty Years Across the Forth

    Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a great Scottish landmark, the Forth Road Bridge.

    BBC Scotland

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